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Monthly Archives: July 2019
A Bit of a Close Shave
A comment yesterday by RdM drawing attention to asteroid 2019 OK which passed 70,000 km (less than twice the distance of geostationary satellites) from the Earth last week jolted me sufficiently to get me to try to re-activate the orbital … Continue reading
The Global Empire of Tobacco Control
I suppose that it seems to me to be about as likely that Britain will leave the EU as it is that Britain will repeal the smoking ban. It’s not going to happen. Or at least not any time soon. … Continue reading
There Will Be No Restoration
James Delingpole: This is one of the things that has been so enjoyable about watching the Boris Johnson administration in action. It’s like watching Odysseus returning to Ithaca and clearing his court of all the wastrels, louts, and spendthrifts who … Continue reading
Weathervanes and Signposts
Oh dear. My Conservative MP has just revealed himself to be a global warming alarmist. From his emailed newsletter: Bill Wiggin MP trials fully electric BMW i3 to his summer surgeries At the recent ‘Road to Zero’ Parliamentary reception, sponsored … Continue reading
My War With The Antismoking EU
No big surprise: Eurocrats Tell Johnson They Will Not Renegotiate Brexit Treaty So it looks like we’re heading for a No Deal Brexit. Unless the Remainers in Parliament can prevent it happening. And they will do their level best to … Continue reading
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Public Health Terrorism
I spend much of my time these days using equations of heat flow to construct elaborate models of the surface of the Earth. To be precise, I’m using this equation: If gives the heat flow Q through a column of … Continue reading
Unfortunately Boris Didn’t Fire Matt Hancock
Boris seems to have been very quick off the mark to put his government together. Within hours he’d cleared out most of the Remainers, and replaced them with Leavers. And delivered an upbeat speech outside the door of Number 10. … Continue reading
Disbelieving Brits
ZeroHedge: Less Than Half Of Brits Believe UK Will Leave The EU On Oct 31 I’m one of those disbelieving Brits. I don’t think there’s any chance whatever of Britain leaving the EU on or before 31 October 2019. There … Continue reading
As Expected, Boris Wins
Boris wins: Boris Johnson is giving his victory speech. He starts by saying Jeremy Hunt was a formidable opponent. He was a fount of excellent ideas, all of which Johnson says he proposes to steal forthwith. And he thanks Theresa May for her service. Boris … Continue reading
Certainties and Uncertainties
I’m never certain about anything. I regard everything I know as tentative, provisional. I sometimes wonder whether I know anything at all. I’ve always regarded this world as a mystery, and everything in it as almost infinitely mysterious. I think … Continue reading
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